CALDWELL v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

No. 547.

71 F.Supp. 955 (1947)

CALDWELL v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

District Court, S. D. California, Northern Division.

May 23, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod, James A. Myers and Clifton Hildebrand, all of Oakland, Cal., and Martin Thuesen, of Fresno, Cal., for plaintiff.

Johnson, Ricksen & Johnson, and Marshall Ricksen, all of Oakland, Cal., and Walter H. Stammer, of Fresno, Cal., for defendant.


YANKWICH, District Judge.

On September 6, 1946, the plaintiff, a switchman in the employ of the defendant, was injured at Bakersfield, California, suffering the loss of both legs. His complaint, filed on December 5, 1946, sought to recover the sum of $250,000. It contained two claims, one under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., which alleged negligence; the other, under the Federal Boiler...

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